Show evidence of knowing Athens’s effort to force Melos to ally and Melos’s
effort to keep Athens from laying siege/attacking. Possible reasons: Athenian
never make their threat explicit; do not apply punishment. Melian’s threat is
not credible to Athens; depends on Spartan choices.

5.Explain
the error (regarding deterrence logic, not facts) in this statement: “It is impossible
for Iran to deter the US from attacking it over its enrichment of uranium
because Iran is militarily weaker than the US is.”|

Deterrence does not require that countries be militarily stronger in order
to threaten a severe cost. If Iran could punish the US in a way that harmed the
US more than stopping Iran’s nuclear program would benefit the US, Iran would
deter the US successfully.

6.Why,
according to LGC, was the United States able to coerce Japan successfully in
1854 but unable to successfully coerce Japan in 1941?

One of these three is fine: In 1854, US demands were limited – open ports or
allow sailors refuge; in 1941, they were more extensive (abandon efforts in
China). Or, Japan was unable to defend itself against US warships on its harbors
in 1854, but could defend against US attacks in 1941, although it could not
hope to win. Japan feared greater concessions would follow in 1941 which Japan
could not resist well, but Japan believed it could resist better in the future
in 1854.

7.According
to LGC, what are three reasons that Germany was not deterred from attacking
Poland in Sep. 1939, despite the Anglo-French pledge to defend Poland in March
1939?

1) There was no credible military power to defend Poland in Eastern Europe
because no alliance with the Soviet Union existed between UK/France and the
USSR
2) Germany had reached a pact with the USSR to divided Poland, ensuring there
was no military threat from the USSR
3) Hitler doubted that France and the UK would use force over Poland when they
had not done so over Czechoslovakia; the Anglo-French guarantee lacked
credibility based on their existing reputation
4) Anglo-French publics were opposed to war, making the use of force unlikely

8.Is
deterrence as a Realist strategy for preventing war compatible with collective
security as a Liberal method of preventing war? Why or why not? Use an example
to explain your position.

Either yes or no is fine. Arguments should reflect an understanding of what
deterrence is and what collective security is (the latter based on Mingst’s
218-220 discussion.) And an example should be used to illustrate the
point.